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Dynamics of Political Violence examines how violence emerges and
develops from episodes of contentious politics. By considering a
wide range of empirical cases, such as anarchist movements,
ethno-nationalist and left-wing militancy in Europe, contemporary
Islamist violence, and insurgencies in South Africa and Latin
America, this pathbreaking volume of research identifies the forces
that shape radicalization and violent escalation. It also
contributes to the process-and-mechanism-based models of
contentious politics that have been developing over the past decade
in both sociology and political science. Chapters of original
research emphasize how the processes of radicalization and violence
are open-ended, interactive, and context dependent. They offer
detailed empirical accounts as well as comprehensive and systematic
analyses of the dynamics leading to violent episodes. Specifically,
the chapters converge around four dynamic processes that are shown
to be especially germane to radicalization and violence: dynamics
of movement-state interaction; dynamics of intra-movement
competition; dynamics of meaning formation and transformation; and
dynamics of diffusion.
Dynamics of Political Violence examines how violence emerges and
develops from episodes of contentious politics. By considering a
wide range of empirical cases, such as anarchist movements,
ethno-nationalist and left-wing militancy in Europe, contemporary
Islamist violence, and insurgencies in South Africa and Latin
America, this pathbreaking volume of research identifies the forces
that shape radicalization and violent escalation. It also
contributes to the process-and-mechanism-based models of
contentious politics that have been developing over the past decade
in both sociology and political science. Chapters of original
research emphasize how the processes of radicalization and violence
are open-ended, interactive, and context dependent. They offer
detailed empirical accounts as well as comprehensive and systematic
analyses of the dynamics leading to violent episodes. Specifically,
the chapters converge around four dynamic processes that are shown
to be especially germane to radicalization and violence: dynamics
of movement-state interaction; dynamics of intra-movement
competition; dynamics of meaning formation and transformation; and
dynamics of diffusion.
This volume focuses on a number of research questions, drawn from
social movement scholarship: How does nonviolent mobilisation
emerge and persist in deeply divided societies? What are the
trajectories of participation in violent groups in these societies?
What is the relationship between overt mobilisation, clandestine
operations and protests among political prisoners? What is the role
of media coverage and identity politics? Can there be non-sectarian
collective mobilisation in deeply divided societies? The answers to
these questions do not merely try to explain contentious politics
in Northern Ireland; instead, they inform future research on social
movements beyond this case. Specifically, we argue that an
actor-based approach and the contextualisation of contentious
politics provide a dynamic theoretical framework to better
understand the Troubles and the development of conflicts in deeply
divided societies.
While much of the work in this field focuses on individual
psychology or radical ideology, Bosi, O Dochartaigh, Pisoiu and
others take a fresh, innovative look at the importance of context
in generating mobilisation and shaping patterns of violence. The
cases dealt with range widely across space and time, from Asia,
Africa and Europe to the Americas, and from the Irish rebellion of
1916 through the Marxist insurgency of Sendero Luminoso to the
`Invisible Commando' of Cote d'Ivoire. They encompass a wide range
of types of violence, from separatist guerrillas through Marxist
insurgents and Islamist militants to nationalist insurrectionists
and the distinctive forms of urban violence that have emerged at
the boundary between crime and politics. Chapters offer new
theoretical perspectives on the decisive importance of the spatial
and temporal contexts, and supportive milieux, in which parties to
conflict are embedded, and from which they draw strength.
Social movements have attracted much attention in recent years,
both from scholars and among the wider public. This book examines
the consequences of social movements, covering such issues as the
impact of social movements on the life course of participants and
the population in general, on political elites and markets, and on
political parties and processes of social movement
institutionalization. The volume makes a significant contribution
to research on social movement outcomes in three ways:
theoretically, by showing the importance of hitherto undervalued
topics in the study of social movements outcomes; methodologically,
by expanding the scientific boundaries of this research field
through an interdisciplinary approach and new methods of analysis;
and empirically, by providing new evidence about social movement
outcomes from Europe and the United States.
Social movements have attracted much attention in recent years,
both from scholars and among the wider public. This book examines
the consequences of social movements, covering such issues as the
impact of social movements on the life course of participants and
the population in general, on political elites and markets, and on
political parties and processes of social movement
institutionalization. The volume makes a significant contribution
to research on social movement outcomes in three ways:
theoretically, by showing the importance of hitherto undervalued
topics in the study of social movements outcomes; methodologically,
by expanding the scientific boundaries of this research field
through an interdisciplinary approach and new methods of analysis;
and empirically, by providing new evidence about social movement
outcomes from Europe and the United States.
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